Day: December 21, 2018

Source: U.S. plans downsizing of the mission in Afghanistan The administration of U.S. President Donald trump’s plans to significantly reduce the us military mission in Afghanistan. About it reports Reuters with reference to sources in the administration. The reduction may occur on the background of trump’s decision to withdraw its troops from Syria. Currently in Afghanistan are approximately 14 thousand military of the United States. The Pentagon did not comment on this information. Earlier, the special representative of the Secretary of state on the Afghan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said the Taliban do not consider a military solution to the crisis in Afghanistan. The Taliban (an organization banned in Russia) is a terrorist group whose activities are banned in several countries, including in Russia. See also: Nebesa questioned the withdrawal of US troops from Syria Trump spoke about the work done for Russia’s work in Syria

Sands: the parties to the peace process in Syria is unlikely to feel sorry about a possible US withdrawal from the country MOSCOW, December 21. /TASS/ — According to the official representative of the Kremlin, “the presence of Americans on Syrian soil is not conducive to the order to reach the political and diplomatic settlement”. Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov doubt that the parties to the peace settlement in Syria regret about a possible U.S. withdrawal from the territory of this country. He said this on air of the program “the Big game” on the First channel, commenting on statements of the Washington administration about the decision to withdraw the SAR American troops. “If you say that someone from the participants in this process and regret that the American military out of Syria, probably, rather, I don’t disagree with it,” — said Peskov, adding that “the presence of

Nebesa questioned the withdrawal of US troops from Syria UN, 21 Dec — RIA Novosti. Permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia expressed doubts about the withdrawal of us troops from Syria. The US President Donald trump on Wednesday announced the victory over the terrorist group “Islamic state” in Syria*, noting that this was the only reason the American military in the country. Later, the press Secretary of the White house Sarah Sanders announced that the United States has begun withdrawing troops from Syria, but the victory over IG* does not mean the demise of the coalition. Trust but verify — let’s see where we go. He added that “we have heard such announcements before and know that they came to an end only by the strengthening of the American presence.” “If it is really (the U.S. withdraws its troops — ed), this is a step in the right direction,

16 countries of the OSCE called on Russia to investigate human rights violations in Chechnya A group of 16 countries of the Organization for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on Thursday, December 20, urged Russia to “ensure full compliance of all the Chechen authorities, including law enforcement agencies and security services, the internal legislation of Russia and its international obligations in the field of human rights”. This is stated in the joint statement of the countries—members of OSCE expert report of the “Moscow mechanism” of serious human rights violations in Chechnya. The report was prepared by an Austrian lawyer, Professor in international law Wolfgang Benedek — he is responsible for the so-called Moscow mechanism, which was launched against Russia in November of this year. The statement is signed by the following countries — Belgium, UK, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, USA, Finland, France, Sweden and